If someone had just invented a newspaper, what a great invention it would be.
It's lightweight. Portable. Perfect for reading or traveling. If there's an article you like, you can tear it out. ...Read more

I met legendary investigative reporter Jack Nelson from the Los Angeles Times in 1987 when he was helping the University of Mississippi assemble journalists who covered the civil rights movement.
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The best reporting, like life, is an adventure.
There are plenty of interesting things you find along the way.
The other day photographer Barbara Gauntt and I made a side trip to the courthouse ...Read more

One of America's toughest reporters, former Newsweek correspondent Karl Fleming, has died, the Los Angeles Times reports.
He is one of the heroic reporters described in the Pulitzer Prize-win ...Read more

Dear Ms. Membis,
I read you lost your job as an intern at The Wall Street Journal, a newspaper I have long admired.
I heard you were fired after less than three weeks on the job because your edi ...Read more

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